I don’t get to do these often so I really enjoy it when I get a chance. First off, this is not a paid endorsement of the product. In fact, I went out and bought the pocket bunker out of curiosity. The idea here is that you can practice bunker shots with this device without actually having a bunker. Because we don’t have the ability to really teach bunker shots at a golf facility (both at our driving range and now at our new indoor facility), I thought it might be nice to have a tool that would enable us to teach the technique.

The thing actually looks like an octopus or a spider. They have these spindly legs that keep the ball part elevated off the ground. So in a bunker shot, the technique is to hit the sand behind the ball. So when I set up the hit the shot, I put the pocket bunker in a spot that I would normally have the ball position for a pitch shot, which is a little bit forward of center. When I set up, I am going to open up my club face a little bit. Then I am going to try to make contact with the tip of the leg on the trail side.

The weight of the pocket bunker is pretty close to the same weight of a regular golf ball. However, when I hit the pocket bunker, it went much farther than a regular ball would have gone with the same strike. But as I worked with it, I started to get a better feel for it. I would say that the pocket bunker is definitely a winner, especially when you don’t have the ability to practice in an actual bunker.